Sony has confirmed that the PlayStation 4's DualShock 4 controller won't include analogue face buttons capable of registering subtle differences in pressure.
The current DualShock 3 controller, released shortly after the launch of the PlayStation 3, used analogue sensors for its four iconic shape buttons - Square, Triangle, Circle and Cross. Unlike an old-fashioned fire button, these sensors were capable of telling how hard the user was pressing the button - allowing for games to adjust things like throwing strength, running speed or vehicle acceleration according to the user's requirements.
It's a neat feature, but one that Sony says developers failed to implement in many games. Speaking to VentureBeat, Sony's Toshimasa Aoiki said that "games didn't really use [the analogue data] from the face buttons - and so the DualShock 4 goes back to old-fashioned digital buttons, which register simple on-or-off states.
Although the DualShock 4 will still include analogue sensors for the thumbsticks and triggers, its removal of analogue face buttons feels like a retrograde step - but one its competitors have already made. Microsoft's original Xbox console featured the same analogue sensor technology for its coloured face buttons, but this was removed in the Xbox 360 for much the same reason: a lack of support for the feature from developers.
The PlayStation 4 with DualShock 4 is due to launch on the 29th of November.
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